Items by Eric

• Climate skeptic struck down by hand of God in Denmark

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 6
  I don’t know any other explanation for this but to say that God, in an effort to protect his planet, struck down a global warming skeptic on live Danish TV. During a live primetime climate-debate broadcasted on Danish national TV one of the participators, climate-skeptic scientist Henrik Svensmark, had a heart [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:42am EST
  by Eric

• Penis Measuring David Bentkowski, Republican Mayor of Seven Hills Obsessed with Plunderbund

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  Number of comments: 10
  I wonder who in Cleveland could have possibly searched for “David Bentkowski” on Google today at 4:39pm? I wonder who in Cleveland could have then navigated to this post: Republican Seven Hills mayor Dave Bentkowski’s 9 page discussion of his penis size at 4:41 pm? I wonder who in Cleveland then flagged this [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:13pm EST
  by Eric

• Guess who Lebron James has on speed dial? John Freakin’ Wall!

  —Plunderbund

  Yes. That’s right. Tim won’t talk about it even though he talks about everything else Lebron related including his seemingly inexplicable silence on the WTAM Beck/Limbaugh catastrophe or why he and Shaq should buy The Lancer. Somehow this one slipped him by: At the mere mention of John Wall’s name, LeBron [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 6:43pm EST
  by Eric

• Thoughts On Jennifer Brunner

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  I want to share some of my thoughts from our recent live interview of Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner. I was tied up trying to get the streaming stuff to work and run the regular video camera as well. I did manage to think of the [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:12pm EST
  by Eric

• More Vindication for ACORN

  —Plunderbund

  Brian previously posted about findings of an independent investigation which cleared ACORN of institutional wrongdoing. Now a judge has ruled that the government’s attempt to cut off federal funding for the organization was unconstitutional. NEW YORK — The U.S. government’s move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 5:41pm EST
  by Eric

• Jennifer Brunner Live on Plunderbund TODAY at 11am

  —Plunderbund

  Join us today at 11am when we’ll be interviewing Jennifer Brunner on her position related to Afghanistan.  We’ll be spending 30 minutes with the candidate for U.S. Senate and will be streaming the discussion live.  We’ll also be shooting some regular video and will post for those unable to view [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:07am EST
  by Eric

• Rep. Jeff Wagner thinks health insurance premiums are for kicks

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 9
  Modern already documented the douchebaggery of one Kris Jordan. It doesn’t stop there. Jeff Wagner appears ready to trump the youngster Kris. He is, afterall, a veteran of douchebaggery it seems: Rep. Jeff Wagner, R-Sycamore, said his amendment to prohibit insurers from denying coverage for any medical reason was proposed “tongue-in-cheek.” “If [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  by Eric

• Jennifer Brunner on Plunderbund Friday 11am

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  Just a programming note to let everyone know that we have worked out a time to have Jennifer come on to discuss her campaign and specifically her position on Afghanistan and answer questions we have about her shift in positions as previously blogged about here at PB. Friday, December 11th [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:57pm EST
  by Eric

• Fear and Loathing in Minnesota

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 5
  Michele Bachmann is asked why she elicits so much outrage and loathing among liberals: “I don’t know. I’m a lovable little fuzz ball! I have no idea what they would have to fear. I guess you would have to ask them; they would have the better answer to your question. I [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by Eric

• PB Late Night Sports Theatre: John Freakin’ Wall!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  OK, so it’s clear my football season is winding down in a very disappointing way. My Steelers have had yet another disappointing season after a Super Bowl win. Somebody call me the wahmbulance! I’m going to have to pull out the silver polish and lean on the past again by [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:14pm EST
  by Eric

• Copenhagen doomed from the start?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  Is the Copenhagen Climate summit dead on day 2? Developing nations are furious over what is being dubbed the “Danish text”, a draft agreement that apparently gives rich nations every benefit while putting the UN’s role in the background. This has thrown the talks into disarray. We seemed to be [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:23pm EST
  by Eric

• Ohio to execute convicted killer using new single injection method

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  Kenneth Biros is to be put to death today using a new single injection method. The new method was developed after the botched execution of Romell Broom in September. I post this not to get in to any big debate about the death penalty. I’m against it. I understand this [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Eric

• Jennifer Brunner wants troops to build bridges

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  Add to the base pandering list one Jennifer Brunner. Jennifer decided to go the route of the panderers even before Obama’s speech, which she spent being featured at a women’s forum. We call that pot shots from the cheap seats. If you have a strong principled stand against the President’s [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by Eric

• An Afghanistan surge is precisely what you voted for. Yes you.

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  Hey liberal groups and 2010 campaigns. You know what? That base you are pandering to? They voted for more troops in Afghanistan. So did you. Do me a favor and stop the breathless pandering to the anti-war bloc of the Democratic Party and get back on the O-train. [...] [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:51am EST
  by Eric

• 5,000 Strong!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  We recently hit the milestone of 5,000 posts here at PB. It’s pretty funny that this post was the one. Maybe that’s why it blew up the comments…or maybe it’s because we like a good diversion every now and again. I’ve been watching the number get near the 5k mark [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:36am EST
  by Eric

• Deep Thought

  —Plunderbund

  There’s never been anything false about hope.  Indeed it springs eternal. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:53pm EST
  by Eric

• The Story of Cap & Trade (Video)

  —Plunderbund

  As we near the Copenhagen climate talks next week, I thought this might be helpful in understanding what “cap and trade” is: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:47am EST
  by Eric

• A Visual Tale of Two Speeches

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  Speaking to the nation from the White House Treaty Room at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban regime and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan: Military. America. Afghanistan. Taliban. Every. Tonight, President Obama: Afghanistan. Afghan. People. Security. [...] [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:35pm EST
  by Eric

• Ohio Senate Candidates React to Obama Speech

  —Plunderbund

  Lee Fisher gets his MoveOn on: “Keeping America safe is our most sacred duty. That’s why I believe we must continue to aggressively target al-Qaeda and destroy terrorist networks around the world that threaten our nation. “But defeating al-Qaeda does not require 30,000 additional troops be sent to Afghanistan. As those on [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:01pm EST
  by Eric

• President Obama Afghanistan Speech Live Blog

  —Plunderbund

  Join the Plundercrew as we watch and comment on President Obama’s big Afghanistan speech.  Speech prep: Speech excerpts | What to look for (Politico) | What to look for (Tim) President Obama Afghanistan Speech Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:26pm EST
  by Eric

• Palin Book Tour: Sycophants camp out for hours, Palin jet sets

  —Plunderbund

  Imagine that. Sarah Palin’s “Bus Tour” is a big fake. Of course it is. While having a belated Thanksgiving dinner over the weekend at my in-laws’ house my mother in law told me a friend had seen the Palin bus behind their house parked behind a Target. The day before the [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  by Eric

• Obama’s Afghanistan Speech News & Notes

  —Plunderbund

  The long awaited speech on Afghanistan strategy moving forward is tomorrow night at 8pm.  Come back then as we’ll be doing a live chat during the speech as well as just before and just after.  We’ll probably open the chat room at 7:45. Early reports are that the speech will include [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:13am EST
  by Eric

• Tea Party: The Documentary Film!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  In a world… LOL. Grassroots. (h/t Fired Up! Missouri) Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  by Eric

• Quick Question…

  —Plunderbund

  WTF is wrong with Missouri? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:29pm EST
  by Eric

• Negativity: Tea Baggers in Illinois Heckle Woman Who Lost Daughter and Unborn Grandchild

  —Plunderbund

  Here it is. Your Tea Bagger Patriots: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Eric

• More Sarah Palin Supporter Greatness from Camp Stupid

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  A friend sent me a link to a new video by New Left Media, who interviewed Sarah Palin supporters outside of the Borders bookstore in Dublin, Ohio. We saw this guy the morning of the event. He had a cameraman (nice camera) and an actual microphone and was interviewing people [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:55am EST
  by Eric

• Late Night PB Theatre: Green Day/American Idiot

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  Two Green Day’s in a row, but it’s worth it. For our commenting friend mvirenicus, too. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:12pm EST
  by Eric

• Sarah Palin Making Big Money…for Democrats!

  —Plunderbund

  Thanks Sarah! Guess who else is raking in the dough as Sarah Palin noisily returns to the national stage: her detractors. After months of trailing Republicans in fundraising, Dems raised $11.5 million in October, a record for a non-presidential year Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:49pm EST
  by Eric

• A Question for Bengals Fans…

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  I have a quick question for Bengals fans: Where Dey At? LOL. Yes, my Steelers lost to a flunky too. Thanks for the bailout Bungles! Update: My prediction is that comments in this post will go on for infinity. One thing for sure, I’m not letting some Bungles flunky get the last [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Eric

• EPIC SNL Digital Short: Palin in 2012, You Were Warned

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  Totally. Completely. EPIC. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:24pm EST
  by Eric

• Breaking News from Wingnut World: Obama Won’t Run for a Second Term!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  The Kansas City Star’s Steve Kraske, BizzyBlog’s Tom Blumer, and BizzyBlog Commenter Joe C. are all dumb as boxes of rocks. They read the following quotes and come to the conclusion that Barack Obama is not going to run for a second term in 2012: “You know, if – if I [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by Eric

• Camp Palin Part Deux: Return of Duct Tape Dude

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  fter Tim published the last video from the all-night Palin book signing camp-out in Dublin Ohio, people began to ask us if we had more footage. But of course! When we originally went out to see what was happening at the Border’s bookstore in suburban Columbus Ohio where people were [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:06am EST
  by Eric

• Former Fox News Anchor Now with The Onion

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  Would this be considered a lateral move? Suzanne Sena, former primetime/late night news anchor on Fox News Channel, is back in front of the camera, this time anchoring for ONN: Onion News Network. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:36am EST
  by Eric

• Late Night PB Theatre: Know Your Enemy

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 7
  Seemed appropriate given the past couple of days: Thanks to all who sent notes of support or commented them. Really appreciated. Great to have some new fans too! Stay tuned… Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:34pm EST
  by Eric

• Consensus Among Economists Says Stimulus Working

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 10
  You could probably have figured this out by now.  The more liberal economist is saying the stimulus was not big enough and another infusion will be needed to get the economy fully on track.  The more conservative economist is saying the stimulus has been a disaster and is not working, [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:49am EST
  by Eric

• Irony Alert: Clinton Won’t Attend Free Clinic Because It’s…TOO POLITICAL!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  FFS. Probably one of the biggest political junkies of all time and someone who tried (and failed) to pass health care reform won’t attend a free clinic because Keith Olbermann made it too political? Oh for good god damned sakes you have got to be kidding me. Earth to Bill Clinton: [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:18am EST
  by Eric

• President Obama’s Approval Ratings Most Closely Resembles Ronald Reagan

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  USA Today has a neat interactive graph that let’s you compare Presidential approval ratings. I found this comparison of Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan pretty interesting: Another worth plugging in to the comparison meter is Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. All your graph are belong to us. Boo Hoo. Ouch. (ht [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:36pm EST
  by Eric

• Irony Alert: Sarah Palin Booed For “Quitting on the Job” at Book Signing

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 5
  Boy, I love me some irony.  What the hell else did they expect given her history of quitting on her home state of Alaska so that she could travel around in a custom bus taking dollars from unsuspecting sycophants? Seriously. Palin’s little book tour appears to be like honey to stupid [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  by Eric

• Governor Strickland Should Call Special Session on Budget. Who’s With Us?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 5
  Modern has been all over this state budget issue. Today it escalated to a call for the Governor to exercise his executive powers to force a special session by proclamation in order to keep Republican Senators from bailing on the state to go home for the holidays to their families [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:59pm EST
  by Eric

• More Palin Greatness from someecards

  —Plunderbund

  Must be Palin week. She coming to town or something? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  by Eric

• Photo: New Palin Book Fiction?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  Walked by books in a local Meijer and found this: Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Eric

• Mother Jones Exposes Tea Party Front Group AAPS

  —Plunderbund

  The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Sounds official, right? Most whack front groups do. Mother Jones does a great job of exposing these fools for what they are: Yet despite the lab coats and the official-sounding name, the docs of the AAPS are hardly part of mainstream medical society. Think [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:26am EST
  by Eric

• Fox News Proven Fair and Balanced? Um…No

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  Consider this my blood curdling scream or whatever. Tom Blumer, our favorite wingnut lunatic faux financial blogger hailing from the southwest corner of the state, has what he thinks is a compelling post up that claims he’s settled once and for all the issue of whether Fox News is fair [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:36am EST
  by Eric

• Senate Health Care Reform Bill Released, Features Stupak Compromise

  —Plunderbund

  Complete text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the Senate is now available online. You can download the PDF here. Video of the presser: $127 billion reduction in deficit. 94% coverage. Includes an opt-out public option compromise. I’m still unsure of this one. Seems like you could opt yourself [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  by Eric

• Fox News Caught Using Old Footage AGAIN

  —Plunderbund

  Fresh from a recent fiasco that forced Sean Hannity to formally apologize to Jon Stewart on the air for using old footage of teabagger rallies to prop up numbers of lesser attended teabagger events, Fox News follows up by… …doing it again! Um…can we dispense with the “fair and balanced” claptrap finally? Share [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:06pm EST
  by Eric

• Sarah Palin Thinks We Missed Fort Hood Warning Flags, There

  —Plunderbund

  Hi, Sarah. It’s warning SIGNS. The flags are RED. RED flags. Warning SIGNS. Dontchaknow there! Warhol never said 15 minutes would last this long… (ht TPM) Best comment at TPM: She’s right. How can we prevent another Oklahoma City Bombing if we don’t screen for right-wing crazies who believe wacky conspiracy theories, [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:29am EST
  by Eric

• WTF, Joe Biden drivers, WTF?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  Um, 3 accidents in a week? Can we get the Vice President another travel detail? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:37am EST
  by Eric

• Blogging Is As Blogging Does: An Answer to Potts’ Decline of Blogging Series Part 2

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  For those who missed the first post: Blogging Is As Blogging Does: An Answer to Potts’ Decline of Blogging Series Part 1 I continue my answer to Pott’s Decline of Blogging post by addressing his second underlying point in the post.  The point being bias in writing and putting money where [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Eric

• On Abortion, Some Day We Expect a Damn Good Answer

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  From De Magno Opere: Which begs the question of why men – whether they are religiously banned from marriage or merely popularly elected officials – feel they have the obligation (much less the right) to decide for women what they should and should not do with their bodies. Someday, I expect a [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:25am EST
  by Eric

• Wingnut Hypocrit Alert: RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  Um…wow? The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.” According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Eric

• Deep Thought: Is There a Delete Button at Progress Ohio?

  —Plunderbund

  Is there a delete button at Progress Ohio? Someone needs to use it. Hell, give me admin privileges again and I’ll do it. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:36pm EST
  by Eric

• President Obama Carries the Heavy Burden of Command

  —Plunderbund

  Embarrassed. That’s how you’d feel if you were a wingnut blogger and had any sense of self awareness whatsoever. Those who have written vile, racist tinged posts about President Obama’s Veteran’s Day activities and visit to Fort Hood have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Their hatred so [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  by Eric

• Catholic Church in DC Threatens to Harm People it Serves Over Gay Rights

  —Plunderbund

  Behold the power of faith and the miracle that is the modern day Catholic Church: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:45am EST
  by Eric

• Hannity Forced to Make Clumsy Apology to Jon Stewart

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  The thing about this video is the smug nature in which Sean and his Faux News team treat his “apology” about an “inadvertent” mistake they made airing false video footage. It’s as if they think they are so smart to have gotten away with it. They wouldn’t even acknowledge it [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:18am EST
  by Eric

• Late Night PB Theatre: fIREHOSE if’n

  —Plunderbund

  fIREHOSE was formed in the spring of 1986 shortly after the untimely death of D. Boon brought an end to Watt and Hurley’s previous band, the Minutemen. Crawford, a then 21-year-old Ohio State student and Minutemen fan heard a false rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for the [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:01am EST
  by Eric

• Jon Stewart Busts Faux News Faking Rally Footage

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  Michele Bachmann’s recent attempt to stoke the tea party embers into a raging fire of conservative dumbassery appears to have failed quite miserably. Reports say there were about 10,000 at the rally. Sean Hannity of Faux News and Bachmann try to stretch that to 20-45,000. Jon Stewart…eh…not ready to let [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:40pm EST
  by Eric

• Bizzyblog’s Rose Proves Tim Right and Pho Wrong

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  Just in time to prove Tim right, we have Rose at Tom Blumer’s Bizzyblog: The hood goes to the fort? Are you fucking kidding me? Is this serious? Pho, I think the racism may be driving them to the crazy my friend. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  by Eric

• Veterans Day Blogger Roundup

  —Plunderbund

  Ohio Bloggers posting on Veteran’s Day Plunderbund (Eric) Plunderbund (Amber) Buckey State Blog De Magno Opere Howard Empowered People Man with the Muck Rake ODP (which had to have taken forever) Progress Ohio If I left any out or any get added, let me know in comments. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:26pm EST
  by Eric

• Remembering the Greatest Generation this Veterans Day

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  Veterans Day always sits heavy on me. Growing up a military brat, I’ve seen first hand the sacrifices that are made daily by those who serve. The big and the little sacrifices that provides for the common defense. I witnessed mostly the little things. I’ve only heard stories about the [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:17am EST
  by Eric

• GOP: All Their Base are a Bunch of Nuts

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  One of the great thing about being more engaged in the blogosphere again is finding good stuff others are doing. Back in the day that was probably the most fun for me. OK, a close second to banging on wingnuts. Hehe. Pho is great when he’s on and his latest [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:24am EST
  by Eric

• Deep Thought Re: Healthcare and Abortion

  —Plunderbund

  If a Congressman pays out of pocket for his mistress to have an abortion, does this qualify as a taxpayer funded abortion? Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by Eric

• Corporate Mercenary Blackwater Busted in Bribery Plan

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 6
  More evidence that privatizing the military is a recipe for continued disaster: NYT: Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  by Eric

• DNC in Ohio? Of Course!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 5
  I agree with Potts. Ohio would be a great place to have the Democratic National Convention. I’m torn though. I think a road trip really works better for blogging and documenting going to something like this. Driving to Cleveland or downtown Cbus doesn’t precisely qualify as a road trip. One [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:31pm EST
  by Eric

• Glenn Beck still won’t address rape and murder rumor, loses arbitration

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  Saw this over at Harding’s PO blog. Glenn Beck apparently lost his arbitration on the rape and murdered a young girl in 1990 satire meme. The owner of the domain glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com was obviously protected under the 1st Amendment. Funny Glenn never stood up for this right given how big he [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:58pm EST
  by Eric

• Murdoch Agrees with Beck that President Obama is a Racist

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 3
  Doubling down on the Fox superstar, eh Rupert? The funniest part of this for me is when I first read it at HuffPo they included Murdoch’s quote as “On the racist thing, that caused a [unintelligible],” Murdoch said in an interview with his Sky News Australia over the weekend.” “Unintelligible?”, I [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:27am EST
  by Eric

• Whose health care reform vote was bought and paid for?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 2
  The effect of money on our politics has been an age old problem. I don’t have a problem with money in politics. I have a problem when money begins to distort the focus on the “public” part of public service. Money causing politicians to defer their constituent needs for those [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:25am EST
  by Eric

• Late Night PB Theatre: Successful Re-Launch Style

  —Plunderbund

  This is what a good blogging day looks like. Day one of Plunderbund 2.0 was an absolute success. We tripled our normal traffic. We were able to get 4 of the 5 main bloggers active, crank out 18 posts, and get this thing kicked off right. We also got Amber [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:08am EST
  by Eric

• Breaking: Dow Surges on Health Care Reform Passage

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  Dow Hits High for Year at 10,226.94, signaling mass approval among the business community for the recent passage of health care reform. …no, not really. But it’s a nice rhetorical point for the wingers who want to superimpose an Obama speech on top of minute-by-minute Dow levels. I’d be an [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  by Eric

• Tea Parties: Grassroots Gives Way to Invasive Weeds in Florida

  —Plunderbund

  Maybe all their base are NOT belong to them afterall: A Florida conservative has registered an official “Tea Party” with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races. Whoops. GOPers will be in a frantic pile on [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:35pm EST
  by Eric

• AFA: No More Muslims in the Military

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  PFAW’s Right Wing Watch does just that, which is why they caught American Family Association’s latest descent into lunacy in response to the Fort Hood tragedy. Bryan Fischer, AFA Director of Issues Analysis, begins his screed: It became evidently almost immediately that the mass murderer in yesterday’s killing spree at Fort [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  by Eric

• 41 Dems Set to Sink Bill with Stupak (Updated)

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  This Stupak amendment is going to have to get changed greatly or jettisoned all together.  41 Dems have now signed on to voting against a bill that contains Stupak.  Greg Sargent has the letter: November 7, 2009 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: As members of Congress [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by Eric

• Sarah Palin. Still Batshit Crazy? You Betcha. And Also Too!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  In case you were wondering if our favorite wingnut-rogue mom-public service commitment quitting-electoral losing ex-politician is still batshit crazy?  I can confirm this as not only true, but continuing to exceed even my giddy expectations. It’s no wonder Palin won’t allow any press, cell phones, or other recording devices into her [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:54pm EST
  by Eric

• Welcome to Plunderbund 2.0

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 6
  I want to tell you about the new site, but first I have to tell you a story.  It’s a story about absolute perfected incompetence.  A story so full of inability, hilarity, and a comedy of so many errors that you’d think I was referring to the modern day Republican [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  by Eric

• Almost Ready…

  —Plunderbund

  So the new PB site got leaked! Whoops. We’re not quite ready yet and officially launch the new site on Monday. Much more news then. You may have heard rumors. We can’t confirm or deny them. You’ll have to visit Monday to do that. I think there [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:03am EST
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-11-04

  —Plunderbund

  @Jillmz Nice work Jill! http://tr.im/E5bi # When Franco Harris can't win a Mayor's race in Pittsburgh you know something is wrong # @BarackObama GOTV like made in Delaware OH, then toasted some Pappy 23yr that I bought in Chicago earlier in the year #Nov4th #bourbon # Here's the proof. @BarackObama #Nov4th #bourbon [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-11-04

  —Plunderbund

  @Jillmz Nice work Jill! http://tr.im/E5bi # When Franco Harris can't win a Mayor's race in Pittsburgh you know something is wrong # @BarackObama GOTV like made in Delaware OH, then toasted some Pappy 23yr that I bought in Chicago earlier in the year #Nov4th #bourbon # Here's the proof. @BarackObama #Nov4th #bourbon [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Eric

• Congrats Jill! First Blogger to Officeholder in Ohio?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  Big congrats to the new councilwoman Jill Miller Zimon! I can’t confirm that she is the first person to go from blogger – to candidate – to elected official, but I think she is. Jill has been a force in the Ohio political blogging community going back years. She’s someone [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:50pm EST
  by Eric

• Congrats Jill! First Blogger to Officeholder in Ohio?

  —Plunderbund

  Big congrats to the new councilwoman Jill Miller Zimon! I can’t confirm that she is the first person to go from blogger – to candidate – to elected official, but I think she is. Jill has been a force in the Ohio political blogging community going back years. She’s someone [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:50pm EST
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-11-02

  —Plunderbund

  RT @4dams: The Continuing Adventures of Jesus II & his fan club This never gets discussed except among filthy hippies…http://bit.ly/4vZuJ9 # Powered by Twitter Tools. Share on Facebook [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-11-01

  —Plunderbund

  I hear-by nominate anti-issue 3 campaign as the campaign with the most unhinged rhetoric in the history of Ohio issue politics # KILLS families. DESTROYS neighborhoods. CAUSES suicide. LEADS to global thermonuclear WAR!!!!! …vote no on issue 3 LOL # Causes SATAN to appear on my teevee screen! …vote no on Issue 3 LOL # Powered by [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-31

  —Plunderbund

  @EndTheRoboCalls nope in reply to EndTheRoboCalls # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-30

  —Plunderbund

  Just got a robocall from Ted Strickland and George Voinovich urging me to vote FOR Issue 2. Don't think I will. # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-30

  —Plunderbund

  Just got a robocall from Ted Strickland and George Voinovich urging me to vote FOR Issue 2. Don't think I will. # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-29

  —Plunderbund

  RT @VizionQuest: Tea Party Movement Returns, With Much More Dangerous Rhetor http://bit.ly/2TKLF9 # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-27

  —Plunderbund

  RT @mmfa: The dumbest article you'll read all week (Yes, it's from Politico): http://bit.ly/4pCGK1 #p2 #noisemachine # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-25

  —Plunderbund

  @raemm LOL. OK in reply to raemm # @raemm LOL. Stupid RT in reply to raemm # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-23

  —Plunderbund

  RT @AndrewTappan: POTUS: "This should not be a partisan issue – everybody in America should have a stake in [...] energy independence"| yup # RT @dlayphoto: Sarah Palin's Book Is Already on Clearance #p2 http://ff.im/-aoD14 | LOL # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-17

  —Plunderbund

  RT @ohiodailyfoss: Ugh. No kidding @Jillmz: We have to change the default – we HAVE to http://bit.ly/3TVomP #beatcancer # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-15

  —Plunderbund

  RT @ttagaris: RT @kombiz: There are really no words about how offensive this is: http://bit.ly/3HCXpJ # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• WTF Louisville? WTF?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  OK, I’m basically from Louisville, KY (50 miles south). Proud of it. It’s home. But WTF, Louisville? [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:12am EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-14

  —Plunderbund

  @ohiodailyfoss LOL in reply to ohiodailyfoss # @ariannahuff speaking of drama. ahum: Why Joe Biden Should Resign? in reply to ariannahuff # Powered by Twitter Tools. [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-13

  —Plunderbund

  New GOP site pretty nice actually (despite the Jackie Robinson blunder) http://gop.com/ Some smart new media types who should be watched # …mocked mercilessly when appropriate, but still watched! # @ohiodailyfoss did you read that before RTing? in reply to ohiodailyfoss # RT @bradbaumn: GOP.com wants you to Change the Game, Doesn't want [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric

• BREAKING: Evil Out of State Issue 3 Supporters Commit Voter Fraud!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 1
  This remind you of anything? ISSUE 3 BACKERS TARGET OF HAMILTON COUNTY GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION TruthPAC calls for statewide election board review (CLEVELAND, OH) – On Monday, when the out-of-state casino developers bankrolling Issue 3 admitted an agent of their campaign committed voter fraud, this was no surprise to Hamilton County law enforcement. Hamilton [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
  by Eric

• Happy 4th Birthday Plunderbund!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 8
  I nearly missed it! 4 years ago today I began the Plunderventure by putting up my first post. It’s been 4 great years of sometimes manic posting (ah, the days!), sometimes sporadic posting, and most of all adding two other great voices to mine (Joe and Brian). Thanks to everyone [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 9:27pm EDT
  by Eric

• Will Casinos Increase Crime in Columbus?

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 5
  In a word? No. Hell, Columbus already has more murders per 100,000 people than Las Vegas. Last I checked they had legalized gambling in the form of casinos. Lots of them. Murders in 2007 (per 100,000): Las Vegas – 9 Columbus, Ohio – 11 I know. Property crimes are what increase when casinos [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
  by Eric

• Hey TruthPAC, Where’s Delaware?

  —Plunderbund

  TruthPAC, the anti-casino Issue 3 spam machine, just stepped in it. A reader forwarded to me their site bashing Lyle Berman by asking (in Where’s Waldo fashion) where he is. It’s cute. By half. Problem. The out-of-state developer who put the neat little javascript rollover doesn’t even know where Delaware, [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
  by Eric

• Hickmania Alert!

  —Plunderbund

  Number of comments: 4
  Hickmania Alert! Warning. Our favorite insane so-called Progressive blogger stalking friend Dave Hickman is back! Comments here at PB (soon to be released in the special Hickmania thread) indicate that we should proceed with moving the Hickmania Threat Level to RED (high). Proceed with caution. [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
  by Eric

• When Will ProgressOhio Petition to End the Lottery?

  —Plunderbund

  Enclosure: [download]

  Number of comments: 3
  If you’re like me, your inbox if just about flooded with Issue 3 (Casinos) nonsense. I was surprised to see my old employer ProgressOhio take a stand on this one. It doesn’t really seem like a core Progressive value, this gambling is evil and must be stopped mantra. What surprised [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 2:03pm EDT
  by Eric

• WTF is Wrong with Georgia?

  —Plunderbund

  Georgia has issue, man. Serious issues. This story is just an example: Patrick Lanzo likes to generate negative attention, by openly displaying his ugly racism and hate in the most vile and public ways possible. The owner of a roadside bar in a small Georgia town, Lanzo recently erected a giant [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 12:49pm EDT
  by Eric

• Twitter Updates for 2009-10-09

  —Plunderbund

  RT @dweinberger: #Nobel peace prizes are not rewards like the Oscars, but instruments to facilitate peace. Congrats, Mr. President. # Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, wingnuts to lose their ever loving minds. Right-wing radio will be most fun today! http://tr.im/Bdrv # RT @stevegarfield: [RNC Fail] RT @davewiner: RNC slams Obama award. http://r2.ly/n7ba [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Eric